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- Digital cameras that resemble 35mm film cameras
- Mirror system inside lets you preview through the viewfinder the same image that is being captured on film/sensor
- one major way that DSLRs are different from consumer “point and shoot” cameras or phones: detachable lenses
- kit lens: a basic lens that comes with a camera body in a “kit,” usually not too expensive
- many people use telephoto lenses when shooting distant landscapes to compress perspective.
- International Organization for Standards – number that describes film’s sensitivity to light
- High ISO value means the senor will be more sensitive to light, meaning it will take less light to get the right exposure
- More available light = lower ISO
- Less available light = higher ISO
- Use the lowest ISO you can to avoid grain/noise
- Shutter speed: how long the shutter is open
- The shutter in a camera s half a circle (180 degrees)
- Your shutter speed should be double your frame rate
- Typical NTSC frame rate is 30 frames per second
- Camera shake: occurs with a shutter speed slower than 1/[focal length] of a second
- Aperture also known as the f-stop
- Fraction: focal length divided by lens diameter
- “fast” lens has bigger maximum aperture
- More expensive but worth is even if you do not need the largest aperture because lenses perform better at 2 stops smaller than their max
- Larger aperture, shallower depth of field
- Longer lenses appear to have a shallower depth of field because they are magnifying the subject
- Most cameras have presets: daylight, cloudy, flash, carious indoor lights
- Setting the” correct “white because setting tells the camera how to make your whites and grays neutral, without any color tint
- CA (Creative Auto) – Camera does almost everything but lets you choose brightness, depth of field, picture style by the pressing the Q button
- Full Auto (green rectangle) – Camera does everything for you